Full Text of HR0492 101st General Assembly
HR0492 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | HR0492 | | LRB101 13818 MST 62677 r |
|
| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Reverend Silas Johnson on | 4 | | 35 years as pastor of Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in | 5 | | Springfield; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Johnson is a native of Macon, Mississippi and | 7 | | has lived in Springfield for many years; he graduated from | 8 | | Noxubee County High School in Macon and attended Lincoln Land | 9 | | Community College and the United Theological Seminary, where he | 10 | | earned his Bachelor of Theology in Religious Studies; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Johnson was ordained at the age of 25, and | 12 | | his service to Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, the | 13 | | Springfield religious community, and the community-at-large is | 14 | | extensive; he has taught Sunday school, directed several | 15 | | ministries, and served on task forces; he is a member of the | 16 | | NAACP; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Johnson is the visionary behind Nehemiah | 18 | | Expansion, Inc., a not-for-profit outreach ministry that | 19 | | includes Nehemiah Affordable Housing, which has built over 80 | 20 | | houses on the eastside of Springfield, and the Nehemiah Child | 21 | | Development Center, which provides high quality daycare at | 22 | | three locations; he also helps operate a technology center |
| | | HR0492 | - 2 - | LRB101 13818 MST 62677 r |
|
| 1 | | through Calvary in collaboration with the Springfield Housing | 2 | | Authority to help residents who are interested in finding | 3 | | employment or gaining academic advancement learn important | 4 | | technological and computer skills; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, This year, Rev. Johnson is also helping Calvary | 6 | | Missionary Baptist Church celebrate the 100th anniversary of | 7 | | its founding; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Johnson is a certified electrician and | 9 | | retired in July of 2010 from a long career with City Water, | 10 | | Light and Power; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Rev. Johnson and his wife, Loretta, are the | 12 | | parents of three children together, Isaiah, Samuel LeJuane, and | 13 | | Silas Adrian II; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 15 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 16 | | we congratulate Reverend Silas Johnson on 35 years as pastor of | 17 | | Calvary Missionary Baptist Church and wish him many more | 18 | | wonderful years; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to Rev. Johnson as a symbol of our respect and | 21 | | esteem.
|
|